Tractor wheel



w. s.. HOLLAND. TRACTOR WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED MAR.|2,1921.

1302,61 Patented Jan. 3,1922.

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W. 8. HOLLAND.

' TRACTOR WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, I921.

1 402 1 'PJtented Jan; 3, 1922.

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' mamamdq INVENTOR ATTOR N EY wmusss: I

w. s.. HOLLAND.

. TRACTOR WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED MARJZ, I921.

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"e citizen ,efithe -Uiiitedstatesfltesiding at 1 yAriington, 'iliifthlfColllity I State; of Virginia; have invehted 'i'njewa ail?-1ofoViSit'jIf"6f meahs -Wheiehy"fthese ftrectm I ,elemehts'may beeasilylahdlqgicklyadjuetecl c "Afurtherobject is the provision ofmealis; whereby the Width of the tread ofthe l-wheell' may be increasedtoui n crease its tra'eti'cn ldlinpositiciifegeihstfaccidentall ever.

qualities} 1 trated in the accompany 11g' di'awingsefid pointed-out: intheappe deel l I Figure l :lS aside eleij etiehicf a t :wheel '00 hinvention; parts beingbroken away; '4 F g e I I ctiofi structedf ine-a'cccrdanee with the 2 is section on the flihe *5 Figure, 1;

t Figufe s i rjde ileepeeivwee; flonel cf the tracticl'l'elements'.

Figure 4 is wsiifiilafflvieW 101: the meaiisfor locking thetractionelements in pc sitiori.

, Figure 5 is'a; idelview oflzvmcdified form r so as tc br mg the armsand wedgesymto 1 c tyic nal detail view chithe 2 e -es deslred.l t lTheinventlon conslsts 1n '55v ralitywcf radially fe djujsta f Referring1n detailto thefdrevv ihg s" j. [especially to Figures 1 v 136 4;inclusive," the invention is shown "as applied to a jwhed which includesa hub 10;a rim 11 and. spokes o e 'ffl;, h;is) .PrdV elementsrlfi; Theselocking deviceseachjim cludea edge 21"Which I e '19 o; aswtofoirce thewalls cfthehnotchls' t With the above end therlebjeets initiew, theinvention further i ncl'u'destheifollcwing novel features and details0'1 construction, 'tcbe hereinafterflmore' fulljdscribedQ i1h1s- I j 30:Ecce tricaHY pivoted to the wedge 215213 ".rehown'at 2 2;-i s0r ie:endof an arm 23,: thel tjqpposite end of which enters a sccket24 h which isprovided in the ill ancli'which eomm un ic ates with the lopeniiig 17through,

which the v Figure e v ie ight angles {to Fi ure 5; t e t c 3 g e 7 is as y c e and limitithe pivotal movement ffthe device 1 5 the 'constrlictio n f whichimeybe varied "in one direction. 1' I f'geai' .271may: be

e; t action"; elemerits ehicli m arriee byhe wheel anal 3 purposetherels em lo ed an zu'ihuj crfoss section esPshown'"ilf FigufeQand 5'lindica-ted 14;; f "This zinnulus'iforms egume for the inner'nde-uofthe tractlon e'lementsg J incl icatec'lixztt el the saidopenings being *fopening's 1 "means the tr'acti en elements ina yondtthe 011113 6? periphery of the grim the distancebeing controlledj byithepar;

ed. for; 'eachjof the Op ings; 19 prcvided*i1 1}-ithe elihulu's lfiamtthe said elements ar fcrmed witha; plui': r ,reh ty of "epacecl notches20;f0'r "engagement h "These elements; extend? thrqugh openingslTprcvided' inthe rim l1 I h preferably suras to t ebtai a t 3?'ftic'ulei notch 2O which engages itheannulhs e )1 In 'order'. to holdthe tractionfelements fin centers the opening uoveir the aldja cent edgefof; the said opening." 5 I outer end of the tractichgelement extendeg-gln 'o rder 'fto insert the locking the enter end of hewedgesjlinserted in t opgningsl "Withthe,saidarmshnd .95

Wedges arranged at an ang1e. The locking devices are then moved: upontheirfpivot 2'2 iieletive alignment; whereupon they will be forced intotheir-properpositions,211 crdep devices, I the provide anoperatingfhandle 25, While a l 1 right angularly extending, lug P26 iscarried 50f the arms 23 to act as stop secured to the wheel as 11 Figure2, ah

w. theIrim and annulus for adjustably securing a conneetion 'with thepropelling" power a trafc tor or other machine to WhlCh fth e wheel isapplied.

details of construct on and the right"is here fallwithi-n'the scopeofthe appended-claims The'invention issuseeptible' oii' yariousi changesin its form,'proport1ons and mlnor in reserved to make such changes asproperly Having described the inventionuwhatis ll-The combination'withai wheel, of an "annulus carried by the Wheel andpositioned between thehub, and rim thereoflradially '7 adj theannulus and extending throughopenings ustable traction elements 'engageablewit'h pmvidecl in the rimand means engageable with therim; and annulus :Eor adjustably securinthe tractlon elements in position.

The combination w Wheel and positioned rimthereof, radially 2. annuluscarried by-the between the hub and adjustable tractionelementsengagealole with -,th'e annulusand; extending through openings providedin the rim: andgmeans including pivotally mounted edges engageableo'withthe traction elements in lposition.

3 The combination 'Witha- Wheel; ofi'ian .7 V annulusicarried'by' thebetween; the hub and provided ith a Wheel," of an adjustahletraotionelementsengageable'with the annulusand extending through openings inthelrim and eccentric; locking device'sengage'able iwitli the. rim andan'nul 'lus for, adjustably s'ecuringthe traction elements 'inposition;

annulusearriedby the heel between the hub and rim thereof, radiallyadjustabletraetionelements engageable with the annulus ande'xtendingthrough openings provided in therim and 4.;The combination with a whei,(if an and positioned locking devices, each 1 e'omprisin a Wedgeengageable' with; the

traction 'e enients and the annulus and an arm eccentrically plvoted tothe Wedge. and

month V 5. The combination with" a wheel, of an annulus secured to theWheel and positioned betweenfthe hub and rimthereofl'radiallyengagingthe traction element and run for i adjustably seourlng the sa d elementsinposi adjustable traction elements having spaced 7 notchesengageablewith the annulus andextendingithreugh the rim and means jen- :gageableWith the rim and annulus iior adjustably securing the ,Itraction"elements in ,-position, v I

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